Exodus 5-6:27
Don't you know that after Moses came barging into Egypt telling the people that he was ready to help lead them to the Promised Land, the people were ready for it to happen. Like now. I know I would have been. After all, God "remembers" His promise to the people. (I think there must be something in the translation because surely God didn't truly forget...right?) So why wouldn't He rescue them right now???
Well, maybe because that wasn't His plan. And the people don't know it.
So Moses goes marching in to the king, Aaron by his side, asking the king to let the people go for a special religious celebration.
And the king laughs. He doesn't believe in this God. Why should he care?
To make matters worse, he then decided to make life harder for the people. He stopped providing straw for the bricks they made for him. So they had to gather straw while still making the same number of bricks as they made before.
As you can guess, they weren't so happy. They went to the king and asked what was going on. The king totally ratted out Moses, blaming it on his request.
Now where are we?
The people are now not so happy with Moses.
I do feel for the guy. He didn't ask for this job. And here he just wants to stay under the radar, and now the Egyptians AND the Isrealites are both mad at him...for something he didn't want to do in the first place.
(The last part of the reading section involves family/lineage kind of stuff.)
Not sure exactly what tomorrow's reading is. But I will let you know. Tomorrow. :)
Reba
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